About Ofload and our mission 

Join Ofload and become part of a fast-growing technology leader reshaping Australia's logistics landscape. Ranked #2 in The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work List in the Transport and Construction category, we're not just a team; we're a community of mission-driven professionals dedicated to eliminating waste in road freight. 

Here, every day is an opportunity to collaborate with diverse experts, solve challenging problems, and make a tangible impact on the environment and the industry.

About the role:

Our team is growing aggressively, with plans to use our recent funding to triple in size over the next year. We are looking for a Transport Manager to manage the day-to-day allocation of freight for our rapidly growing client base. We're looking for people with extensive experience in the transport industry, ideally middle mile road freight forwarding.

What you’ll do:

• Manage end-to-end fulfilment process with transport carriers for our clients
• Get into the weeds to understand the root cause and put in appropriate actions to meet customer expectations.
• Maintain industry leading DIFOT while adhering to CoR / HVNL requirements
• Use our proprietary internal TMS, identify improvements and train team members
• Manage any issues escalated by your team & support Operations Manager as needed
• Motivate and lead a team of several people

Qualifications and Skills:

• Extensive transport industry experience (ideally middle mile freight forwarding)
• Wide network of line-haul carriers around Australia would be very advantageous
• Comfortable working with computer systems (we will teach you ours)
• Comfortable leading a team under intense pressure
• Practical and proactive mindset to find transport solutions for our clients
• Desire to learn, adapt and grow!

At Ofload we prioritise impact, aptitude and passion, so we’d encourage you to apply if you do not meet all the above criteria.

Ofload: Drive Your Career Forward in a Community Committed to Innovation and Sustainability

Join Ofload and become part of a fast-growing technology leader reshaping Australia's logistics landscape. Ranked #2 in The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work List in the Transport and Construction category, we're not just a team; we're a community of mission-driven professionals dedicated to eliminating waste in road freight.

Here, every day is an opportunity to collaborate with diverse experts, solve challenging problems, and make a tangible impact on the environment and the industry.

As an Ofload team member, you'll enjoy:

• Empowerment and Growth: Thrive in a fast-paced, supportive atmosphere that values innovation, learning, and personal growth. With opportunities to tackle significant industry challenges, you're empowered to achieve great things.
• Flexibility and Wellbeing: Balance your life with hybrid work arrangements, including remote work options and additional leave for volunteering, celebrations, and personal milestones.
• Community and Connection: Experience a family-like atmosphere where respect, support, and camaraderie are part of everyday life. Join us for team retreats, enjoy weekly team breakfasts and after-work drinks, and participate in a culture that celebrates diversity and open communication.

Join Ofload and be a part of a visionary company where your work drives real change, and your growth is limitless.

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the Role (your why)

The Capacity and Availability Manager is responsible for the operation and improvement the Capacity and Availability Management process so that managed services and infrastructure can deliver the agreed capacity and performance targets in a cost effective and timely manner.

The Capacity and Availability Manager acts as the central point for all capacity and performance related activities between the customer, operational and project teams to is to act as the process subject matter expert ensuring systems have sufficient capacity to deliver client business needs without waste.

Our offices are based in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. We like to bring people together in person when we can, but we are mindful of the benefits of working from home for work/ life balance. We therefore leave it to you and the team you join to figure out what works best!

Due to client requirements, to be eligible for this role you must be an Australian Citizen and be able to obtain an AGSVA Baseline clearance. 

What you’ll do

At the moment, as Capacity and Availability Manager you will be focused on:

• Defines and implements Availability Management policies, processes, tools and procedures
• Work with customers to obtain and understand demand requirements and patterns of business activity
• Manage an ongoing program with the client and delivery teams to identify and implement service improvement initiatives.
• Identify efficiencies that can be implemented to reduce the cost of delivering services without compromising the quality-of-service levels
• Monitor and track delivery of services against relevant SLA’s.
• Build strong relationships and develop a sound understanding of the client’s business needs, demand requirements and patterns of business activity
• Escalate risks discovered in, or affecting, the Availability Management service

• End to end ownership and management of internal and third-party suppliers to ensure successful outcomes.

We are a pretty agile company, and are keen to respond to customer, technology and internal stakeholders’ changing requirements and this can mean we evolve in our roles to meet those needs.

What you’ll bring

Required experience:

• Previous experience working as a Capacity and Availability Manager within a large complex multi-vendor environment

• Experience working in an ITIL aligned environment
• Broad understanding of technical concepts and frameworks

Nice to have:

• Ideally prior experience as a Capacity and Availability Manager in an IT Managed Services environment
  
  

Why join us here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.